What do you do if your best friend lives in another city and the adults can’t keep their promises about when you’ll see her? You have to sort it out for yourself!

Dani’s father is away and Dani is staying with her grandparents. When she is invited to Ella’s party, she thinks of the world’s best gift for the world’s best friend: she, Dani, will be the present!

Her grandmother agrees— if she’s brave enough to take the train alone. So Dani sets out on a journey all by herself.

“This series fills a gap of good reading for five- to seven-year-olds. It gives them a proper grown-up reading experience that is accessible but also has emotional weight.” Julia Marshall, Publisher

This acclaimed series of illustrated chapter books follows Dani as she starts school and meets Ella, who becomes her best friend in the world. At school and at home, Dani overcomes life’s ups and downs with optimism and understanding. These warm-hearted stories are full of fun and happiness, perfect first chapter books for children aged five and up.

This acclaimed series of illustrated chapter books follows Dani as she starts school and meets Ella, who becomes her best friend in the world. At school and at home, Dani overcomes life’s ups and downs with optimism and understanding. These warm-hearted stories are full of fun and happiness, perfect first chapter books for children aged five and up.

My Happy Life was a New York Times Notable book: “If only all early chapter books were this beautifully conceived”

My Happy Life series

My Happy Life

My Heart is Laughing

When I Am Happiest

Life According to Dani

See You When I See You

Where Dani Goes, Happy Follows

All’s Happy that Ends Happy